OBITUARY.
■ WELL-KNOWN CHESS AUTHORITY. By Telecranh—Press Association—Oouyrlfhl London, August 28. Mr. Leopold Hoffer, the well-known ■ chess authority, is dead. PANTOMIME LIBRETTIST. , London, August 28. Tho death is announced of Mr. I. Hickory .Wood, the pantomime librettist. Mr. Wood was for a time an apprentice in a home-trade warehouse in Manchester, and later became an insurance secretary. Ho then entered on a literary and dramatic oareer. His publications include "Becitations—Comic tuid Otherwise," "Soliloquies," "Tho Life of Dan Leno," "Chronicles of Mr. I'ottorsby," pantomimes, songs, and musical pieces. MR. BERNARD QUARITCH—BOOKSELLER." ■' "Times" —Sydney "Sun". Special Cables. (Rec. August 29, 7.40 p.m.) London, August 29. Mr. Bernard Quaritch, bookseller, is dead. "Quaritch's" is widely known to bibliophiles. The firm buys and 6ella old books and manuscripts, scientific and standard books. Mr. Quaritch_ was also an' occasional publisher of important works on antiquity. The founder of tho business died in 1899.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1842, 30 August 1913, Page 5
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147OBITUARY. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1842, 30 August 1913, Page 5
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